Literary Pursuits
In Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" the name of Ebenezer Scrooge's cheerful nephew.
Who is Fred?
Smith and Vassar are just two of the women's colleges in this group.
What are the seven sisters?
The only U.S. President born in Vermont.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
These two-tone leather shoes, often worn with bobby socks, became a fashion staple in the 1950s.
What are saddle shoes?
The number of players at one bridge table.
What is four?
The name of Harry Potter's owl.
What is Hedwig?
This edible mushroom is prized for its potential cognitive health benefits.
What is Lion's Mane?
This 1981 film, starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, was filmed on Squam Lake.
What is "On Golden Pond"?
This Italian song became a hit in 1958 and is popularly known by this single word meaning “to fly.”
What is Volare?
In Bridge, this card is ranked the highest.
What is the ace?
A person who has a great love of books.
What is a bibliophile?
The old Scottish term for "Weeburn".
What is Little Brook?
This Connecticut city is home to the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
What is Hartford? (The Hartford Courant)
This Beat Generation author shocked literary America in 1957 with "On the Road".
Who is Jack Kerouac?
The player who wins the bidding and names the trump suit is called this.
What is the declarer?
This dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins features a heroine named Katniss Everdeen competing in a deadly televised event.
What is "The Hunger Games"?
Among horticulturists, the "star flower" is known as this.
What is Trillium?
This river runs through Woodstock, VT.
What is the Ottaquechee River?
Opened in 1958, this spiraling modern art museum in Manhattan became a hub for abstract expressionism.
What is the Guggenheim Museum?
In a standard bridge game, this number of cards is dealt to each player.
What is 13?
Charles Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities is sometimes cited as the best-selling novel of all time. What are the two cities?
What are Paris and London?
This musical is the longest running show on Broadway.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
This Rhode Island theologian and founder of Providence was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for advocating religious freedom.
Who is Roger Williams?
As President of the United States, he helped institute the Interstate Highway System.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
The scoring term for making your contract plus one or more extra tricks is called this.
What is an overtrick?